Shipping and dispensing canister



Patented Sept. 27, I898.

I F. .muuzs. SHIPPING AND DISPENSING CANISTER.

(Application filed May 16, 1898.)

(No Model.)

I A hoe/VH5 1 TATES 1 arn'r Prion.

SHIPPING AND DISPENSING CANISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,487, dated September 27, 1898.

Application filed May 16, 1898. se l No. 680,847. (No niodel.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK F. J AoUns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Shipping and Dispensing Canisters, .of which the following is a specification.

My improved canister is designed for use as a receptacle for tea or other like articles in making up the original package, and especially for making up packages in tea-growin g countries in condition to be shipped beyond the seas and delivered to the retailer without breaking the package, such receptacle being likewise adapted to be continued in use as the contents of the package is being dispensed to consumers, it being provided with means whereby the contents is gradually delivered into convenient reach until all is disposed of.

The idea, broadly considered, is much older than any existing patentthat is to say, any

patent now in force or the term of which has not run out. The canister submitted is employed for shipping tea from Japan or other tea-growing countries, where it is packed and has its top soldered on and is labeled,wrapped,

and incased for shipment. The Wrapping is to protect the label and consists of a heavy paper bag, and the incasement is in a wooden box. In this condition the package is ready for shipment. The canister, after removal from the box and wrapping, is opened by re-.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved canister provided with the shipping attachment. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view looking at the inside of one of the lower corners thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the canister provided with the dispensing.

attachment. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View looking at the inside of one of the lower corners thereof. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section of the canister provided with the dispensing attachment.

1 represents the rectangular canister having its top 2 soldered permanently in place and having formed at the lower end of its front 3 a combined filling and dispensing opening 4, formed with 'an inwardly-projecting L-shaped upper flange extending the width of the canister and with an inwardly-projecting lower flange 7, extending the width of the body and bent downwardly to provide an incline 8, joined to the bottom of the canister for the purpose of avoiding an obstruction which would otherwise be offered by the vertical flange 10 beneath the opening 4. At the sides of the opening .are vertical troughshaped side pieces 6, located between the upper and lower flanges. h

To close the opening 4 for shipment in making up the original package, a cover 11 is eniployed,which has in wardly-projecting flanges 12, 13, and'14, whereby said cover is made to fit snugly in the opening 4, and with an external overlapping flange 15, extending around the cover, which lies flush upon the outer face of the front 3. To secure this cover 11 in place, I employ staple-clips 16, each comprising a socket 17 on the front 3 or on the vertical flange 10, forming a part of said front, sockets 18 upon the upper and lower portions of the cover 11, and staples 19, the legs of which enter the respective sockets and hold the cover 11 securely in place; The lateral flanges 13, which project inwardly from the opening 4, may be seen in Fig. 2. closed chest ready to receive the labels and to be packed for shipment is illustrated in Fig. 1.

When the contents of the chest is tobe sold and it is desired to convert the chest into a canistenthe dealer lays the chest down with the opening presented upwardly and, withdrawing the staples 19, Fig. 1, removes the cover 11. A dispensing-front 20, Figs. 3, 4,

and 5, is then substituted for the cover 11, said front being adaptedto fit the opening by its inwardly-projecting flanges 122 13, and 14 and its external flange 15, corresponding, respectively, to the flanges 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the cover 11. The canister may then be restored to vertical position for use.

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front 20 has a bottom 21 joined on its rear edge by an incline 22 with the flange 14:, which enters the opening 4; also, segmental sides 23, joined by offsets 24 with the side flanges 13", and a front flange 25, having an inwardly projecting ledge 26, formed with a downwardly-e xtending flange 26. A cover 27, hinged to the front at 28, closes the opening in said front and is provided with a retaining-clip 29, which engages the ledge 26 to hold the cover 27 closed by permitting its being sprung open. The incline 22 between the bottom 21 and flange 14: forms, with the ledge 10, a pocket for the accommodation of the staple-clip 19, which is employed on the lower side of the front to hold the latter in place. The staple 19 enters the socket 17 heretofore described in connection with the cover 11, Fig. 1, and a socket 18 on the incline 22, whereby said staple 19 holds the front 20 both downward and inward. A suitable clip is likewise employed for the upper side of the front, the staple thereof entering the hereinbefore-mentioned socket 17 on the front 3 of the canister and a socket 18 on the flange 15 of the front 20.

The upper internal flange 12 is extended inwardly, as shown, any suitable distance to form a guard over the opening to prevent the too free discharge of the contents. I have shown this flange extended to what I deem to be a sufficient distance; but its extension may be varied at will.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A canister comprising a body having a combined filling and dispensing opening located at one side near the bottom thereof and formed with an inwardly-projectin g L-shaped upper flange, with an inwardlyprojecting horizontal lower flange bent downwardly to provide an incline which is joined to the bottom of the body, and with trough-shaped side pieces located between the upper and lower flanges, the upper and lower sockets located above and beneath the opening respectively, a closure having flanges entering the opening and upper and lower sockets, located between the first-named sockets and the upper and of the front and the edge of the vertical flange,

the upper socket on the front, the, lower socket in the recess formed by the incline, and the upper and lower staples whereby the upper sockets and lower sockets respectively are coupled together; substantially as described.

3. A canister comprising a body having a combined filling and dispensing opening located at one side near the bottom thereof and formed with an inwardly projecting upper flange, with an inwardly-projecting horizontal lower flange bent downwardly to provide an incline which is joined to the bottom of the body, and with trough-shaped side pieces located between the upper and lower flanges, and the removable front having a bottom resting on the plane of the bottom of the body, an incline extending upward to the bottom of the body-opening, and upper, lower and side flanges; substantially as described.

4. A canister comprising a body 1 formed with an opening 4, with a front wall 3 above the opening, with a vertical flange 1O beneath the opening and with inwardlyprojecting flanges 5, 6 and 7 surrounding the opening,

the upper and lower sockets 17, the detachable front 20, formed with inwardly-projecting flanges 12, 13 and 14 and with an incline 22 leaving a recess beneath the front,

the upper and lower sockets on the front, and I the upper and lower staples whereby the upper sockets and lower sockets respectively are coupled together; substantially as described.

FRANK F. JAQUES.

Witnesses:

J. W. DYRENFORTH, P. O. DYRENFORTH. 

